Abstract:
To determine the relationship between the total motile sperm count and the success of IUI treatment cycles with postwashed husband spermatozoa in couples with infertility in a large patient population. Academic University Hospital- based infertility center. Eight hundred twenty four infertile couples undergoing 824 cycles of IUI. To assess the significance of prognostic factors including a woman`s age, duration of infertility, diagnoses, use of ovulation induction and sperm parameters for predicting the outcomes of clinical pregnancy after the first cycle of IUI. The pregnancy rate per cycle was 18.2% (150/824). Postwashed semen parameters including total motile sperm count >10x10°, motility >50%. There was a trend toward an increased success rate with increased total motile Sperm count. Our findings suggest that a final postwashed total motile sperm count used for IUI may be considered predictive of the success for pregnancy.
Page(s):
223-227
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Year: 2006